Design District Restaurants

The food was executed well but is chef driven... Meaning creative but not traditional flavors. Some of the things we tried were excellent and others were just weird. I'd say it was more Greek style than Italian.

Food ordered: Hummus appetizer, soup du jor (tomato basil), ocean risotto (shrimp, mussels, white fish, tomatoes, asparagus), braised short ribs (brown butter carrot puree and asparagus), chocolate pot de creme. Drinks ordered: old fashioned, purple people drinker, espresso martini. All categories checked “excellent” with this experience. Noise level progressed throughout the evening but did not diminish the quality of our evening.

This was my first time to go to the Mexican and what a great experience. This was a business dinner with some new clients during the home furnishings market. It’s close to the market center so it made it very convenient. The food and service are fantastic. This definitely won’t be my last time to dine in there.

The team that works at this establishment take pride in their craft and it shows. The service, food and ambiance was divino. My only regret was not taking photos of the items but I was in the moment. I believe Kyle was our server and he exceeded our expectations. I will definitely come back the next time I’m in town.

My only reason for give four stars on the overall category is due to the confusion of booking/making a reservation for this restaurant. We was not aware this is actually TWO different restaurants with "Vino" being on one side, while "Carbone" is on the other side. When I made my reservation - I thought I was reserving for the "Carbone" side (not realizing this was a different restaurant, of course). We had already looked at the menu online and through OpenTable which is the menu for "Carbone". Once our server came out and handed us the menu, we was confused as we did not see anything mentioned online that she was telling us. When we asked her, that is when she explained the difference in the two different restaurants, which we was not aware of. She then informed us we have to get a "reservation" card at the front host stand to email and make a reservation for the "Carbone" side of the restaurant. Said all of that to say - 1) this should be better explained when making a reservation and 2) the restaurant should have both menus easily and most definitely understandable that there are two different menus due to there being two different restaurants right next to one another. The service and food was great - so this does not fall on them - this falls on the owners/management of this establishment.